Story Board

This is our group story board, we can get a rough idea of how we want  our scenes to progress and the continuity of cross cutting between the flashback and the girl running through the forest. As we can tell by the Deer the setting is a key feature that we want to capture within the opening to give an impression of the story line.

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Our groups intial ideas for our film

Initial Ideas for the opening of our film. from elliesmith1201

Mood Board

This a collection of my ideas in a mood board format. If we look at the costume choices we can see a contrast between the female character and male character. In addition we can see the age difference we can also see the male is older and wealthy by his suit. The car is also his belonging which establishes his wealth. The police tape indicated an element of crime solving and mystery. Lastly the pictures of the deers and map is Richmond park which is the location we'd like to use for our opening two minutes. Our group would like the wildlife to be involved with our opening.

Preliminary Task

In my preliminary task I worked with Ellie, Ashleagh and Zoe. I helped direct and take in turns to film the task with Ellie. It was important to involve as many camera shots as possible so we used shot reverse and 180 degree rule. I think at times I was quite steady with the camera but we did have a few shots that were fairly shaky therefore Ellie and I came to conclusion that when we work with each other to create our own opening sequence we will have enough footage to cut down and edit so we have the best shots we can.

Script

In our opening sequence we agreed as a group we didn't need a script. Thriller's main element is suspense therefore there would be no need to have a lot of dialogue and in our case we do not want to use any at all. Furthermore our decision was based on the idea that our plot was based on crime solving and mystery so we do not want to give any obvious clues as to what may happen further along the line, our aim is to keep the audience guessing.

Moreover as a way of intensifying the first two minutes we will use diegetic sound, such as: heavy breathing, crying, screaming and may wind to show her franticness whilst running. Our co actor may make a few sounds to insinuate his emotion towards the girl. Ambient sound will be used also to set the scene within the first few seconds and in snippet to get a fixtures of drama and calmness so the audience can feel confused. Lastly any other tributes to sound will be added on the day of filming, so it's more raw which may be have a better affect of the audience and final edit.